Wall hook



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ATTORNEYS Oct. 9, 1928.

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and 3, respectively, through which a nail 4 Patented Get. 9, 1928.

UNITED STATES.

CARL J. wr'rrr, or SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.

WALL HOOK.

Application filed October 1, 1925. serialfNo. 138,993.

My invention relates to improvements in a washer in connection with a nail that is to be driven into a wall for supportlnga picture,

mirror or the like, and the invention consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character described which affords facilities for supporting and reinforcing mortar or masonry under and around the nail and for bracing the nail.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character described which w ll obviate any bending moment of the nail and will support the load so that the only effect on the nail will be in the nature of a shearing stress. 7 r

\ ther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following de-.

scription considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of device embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical. section through the washer and associated bracing structure of the device exhibited in Figure 1, with the nail in side elevation,

Figure 3 is a front elevation of a'slightly modified form of the device,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the modification exhibited in Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a relatively enlarged sectional view of a washer similar to that which is included in the form of the device exhibited in Figures 3 and 4t.

The form ot the device shown in Figures 1 and 2 includes awasher g. The Washer 9 may be arelatively wide end portion of a strip of metal which also includes a portion bent from the lower edge of the washer in an outward direction substantially along an arc of a circle, as indicated at 0 Z. and then being bent upwardly and rearwardly against.

the washer thus producing the supporting eye or loop 72. The remaining portion of the strip then is bent to produce the inclined sub stantially inverted U-shaped bracing member e. The upper arm of the bracing member 6 is bent vertically in an upward direction intermediate its length at f. to provide the bill or lip 15 of an upper supporting hook. The washer 0 and the bill 15 of the upper supporting hook are provided with openings 2 maybe projected into a wall, not shown, or

other supporting structure. The openings 2 and 3 are substantially in alignment with each other although the opening 3 is preterably located at slightly a higher level than the.

opening 2, so that the nail will be slightly inclined, and the openings 2 and 3 are so located in the washer g'and the bill 15 ot the upper hook, that the portion of the nail that extends between the washer (I and the bill15 will rest on the substantially inverted U-shaped brace e, as clearly shown in Figure 2. i

The construction shown in Figures .3 and a has a washer g, which is formed with a series of concentric corrugations and with the edge of the washer flush with the backs of the bottoms of the grooves 5', of such corrugation s.

The form of the device exhibited in Figures'3 and 4has a loop or eye memberb, a bracing member 6 and an upper hook having a bill or .lip 11. This bill or lip 11 may be. formed with an opening 6, which is located slightly above the level of the center of the washer 9, but in line with the latter. The central. portion of the washer g is imperforate initially, but is slightly indented in the manner indicated at 7min Figure 5, so that the nail 7 when driven through the central portion of the washer 9' will produce a tubular extension such as indicated at 1.,in Figures i, and 5. It may be'notcd at this point that. the only diiterence between the washer shown in Figure 5 and the washers shown Figures 3 and is that the washer shown in Figures 3 and 45 has the hereinbetore described supporting and bracing members 7), e and 11, associated therewith, and the supportin and bracing structure is omitted when the form of the device shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 is employed. The washer shownin Figures 5, 6 and '1' have been designated (7 It will be understood that the article that is to be suspended fromthe device ordinarily will be providedwith a cord or ring which can be-hooked over the device at a, in Figure 1. or at a, in Figure 4. The imposition of the load on the nail at a, in Figure 2 will cause a bending stress on the portion cd of the supporting loop and under the influence of the load, the portion (Ze will be pressed firmly against the washer 7. It the load is applied on the nail. as at a l in Figure 4, the portion c'-d of the loop will be subjected to a bending stress and the portion d'e will be bent against the washer g and will brace the nail. If the load is carried by the loop I) of Figure 2, the portion (Ze tends to draw the portion ef against the washer g. It the 4. If desired, the upper portion of the bill or lip 11 may be bent inwardly to the position lndicated at i, in Flgure l for the purposes of preventing displacement of the supporting.

cord or ring of the suspended object from the upper hook. It will be obvious that the mortar or masonry of the wall into which the nail of the device is driven will be w ll sup ported and reinforced under and around the place at which the nail enters the wall, which is the point at which a rupture or crumbling of the masonry or mortar is most likeiy to occur when an object is suspended from a nail that is driven into the wall.

The corrugations of the washer shown in Figures 4 and 5 strengthen the washer and brace the mortar or masonry of the associated wall; The friction between the backs of the grooves of the corrugations and the edges of a washer of the type shown in Figures l and 5 will aid in supporting the load. When the central portion of the Washer is impel-to rate initially and the nail is driven through the washer into the wall, while the washer is held against the wall, small particles of the mortar will enter the joint between the nail and the inner wall of the tubular extension 1, so that the nail will be firmly wedged in place in the tubular extension.

Ihe corrugated washer shown in Figure 5, will be hold tight against the wall by the triction that is caused when the nail is driven through the washer into the wall, and the hereinbetore mentioned tubular extension 1 is produced. The point of the nail will be protected and guided by the indented central portion of the associated washer, while the nail is being driven through the washer, and

will not curve as easily with the protection of the washer as without such protection.

I claim v 1. In a wall hook, wall engaging member, an -shaped member attached thereto and arranged in advance thereof and terminating in a vertical extension, the extension and wall engaging member having coinciding openings therein, and a pin passing through the openings and engageable with the wall and resting on one of the curves of the s-shaped member whereby to sustain the load placed on the pin. 7

2. In a wall hook, a length of metal fashioned to aiiord a longitudinally extending wall engaging leg, and a member in advance thereof: terminating in a vertical extension, the leg having an opening therein so dis posed that a pin passed therethrough to engage a wall will rest upon the member to sustain the load placed on the pin, the extension projecting above the pin to aiiord a beak and provided with an opening to receive one end of the pin..

3. In a wall hook, a length of metal fashioned to afford a longitudinally. extending wall engaging leg, and an S-shaped member in advance thereof terminating in a vertical extension, the extension and leg having coinciding openings therein to receive a wall en-' pin, the pin resting on one of the curves of the iii-shaped member to sustain the load placed on the pin.

a. In a wall. hook, a wall engaging member, a structure in advance of said member being formed to define one or more returns, one element of which connects with said member and another terminates in anupright extension, and a pin passing through said wall engaging member and extension resting on one of said returns.

5. In a wall hook, a length of metal iash ioned to afford a longitudinally extending wall engaging leg, and a member in advance thereofterminating in an extension having an upward direction, the leg having an opening therein so disposed that a pin passed therethrough to engage a wall will rest upon the member to sustain the load placed on the pin, the extension projecting above the pin to afford a beak and provided with an opening to receive one end of the pin.

CAR-L J. W ITT. 

